European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 4, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Game m the Small schools tournament. As the players listen to their coach around the Bench. 3 student in the stands uses a tout epithet one of me Gnu tons thinks it is directed towards her. Don i you Call me Hie player responds ill slap you so hard you la. Before she can to Nash Carolyn jams is up from her Seal arid behind the Bench separa Ting the player from the object of liar scorn no. Chi is not her school but this is a kid. He a cat Down she says m her soothing nurse s manner. It s not Forth All thai Carolyn James iinds the arcs san cheerleaders Coachi and explains the situation the coach stays near Tho Bench the rest of the game to keep a lid on the con act in a i this time Only one a thei adult and there Ivere several coaches and parents sitting right thute in the stands bothered to say anything. Thai was a Golden Opportunity to of Jive Hal Young lady Somo passive instruction and my lot the situation get Oul of hand Sho says later i had 1o to the one to Lake the Ini Oilive in do thai. In Somo instances Young people Nood Tho presence of a Calm adult around whom and this is whal 1 Folt was James is a walking 1e1book on parental behaviour Al sporting events. My Only advice to parents is to be behind Kheit children 100 percent and show they Are behind them 100 percent she says participate in the school. It does t have la be sports i Leel everybody has something to con Bulo and . Everybody has some hmm id a thai in Nuy would just do Hal " a kid can also foam. The Berlin students Are in and out of her Hal in the housing area known As Tho Duck Pond on Clay Allee in Wesl Berlin. Sho is known Lor her Spaghetti Lor Hor Beans and Nee. Lor the chocolate dessert she whips up from scratch most . She is known wend. Haven t Learned at heir games about a Mother s Tove they can learn there Darden has returned to the Stales his father a Soldier is being reassigned to Maryland. Ill miss miss James a lot since my stay Here i be blaster Carolyn James with her son Pat a alar athlete for the Berlin High school bears Polo tars a of Jvn Jerion never Mel anyone Quila Tike her,.she s like a Mother. There s like an Aura around her Hal makes you become attached to hoi to says. Mcdonald leaves in july his lather in being i assigned to Texas. I know if you care about people treat them As Nice As possible. You la get that in return he says . The most import land lesson he s Learned irom miss James thai s one lesson you have to learn outside of school. Pat James a b Slu Derit has one More year left Al Berlin. He Hopes to attend College Al either Syracuse Georgetown Noire Dame or Howard. He does nol mention basketball in the same breath As College. His Mother has always emphasized grades first. He wants to be an aeronautical Engineer. His Mother will stay in Wesl Berlin. Ill slay Here and work and try to support him financially. Keep him in she chuckles. Behind the humor is the heartache of a Mother who knows her youngest is ready to move on. But it is More than thai. It s not Only pal u miss. It will be empty when pal leaves. I la miss him a lol she says and then pauses thinking about an empty House on Clay ace."8ul thai s because i eve Young people " the Twa terminal they pass Percira . Poppa is All decked put in his lilt to Green jackal emblazoned agriculture s Beagle brigade on one Side and promo clog America s agn Cullie on the other passengers smile at Tho dogs not suspecting ust How Orvn Dabb the pair will to Over the next Lew minutes we dogs mingle at the Luggage Carousel scrutinizing suitcases with choir noses. Now Ono of the dogs smell1 Lood and sits when Perelra asked Iho owner of the Suil Casc in. Kab had any Lood in his bag he produced Somo sandwiches to had been Given on the plane much of Tho confiscated food Apo Rcd Lobo just such items As pm German explained it " icy Don l Icaline in. But even though in was Given to whom on the plane in was loaded aboard while in Europe tables Lull of oranges apples grape and Pink containers of milk await the closer scrutiny of a Good inspector in the Aphis office persons found lobe carrying a in strict de glom have a Groon a marked on their customs declaration card a Trie handler. This aters customs inspectors to examine to hts baggage More closely to determine in there Are any 1 other restricted items inside Woc a regulatory Agency a of German not an enforcement Agency " the dogs were chosen because of their looks. We had worked Wilh various Breeds including labradors but wanted these dogs because of Khoii keen sense of smell As Well As their non Izreo Ieong appearance " ill s obvious however Hal she handler s Demeanour is As impose land As the Appeal d Kheit dogs. Bolh Poi Scira and Fagerman demons kale their Sensui Vily to the Job by being polite and considers be when confronting a possible violator we in the first line of defense out hero says Fagerman we want the people to know that we Raj Here. And also Why we re Here Fingerman has been with the service since i began As a Pilot program in 1934 then Secretary of Agri Cullie at the Lime Richard e Lyng saw How successful it was in stages he included funds in to 1986 budget to establish ii As a permanent Par of . Department s inspection Arm the service is presently hoping to expand the program so Hal they la have dogs stationed at .10 airports. Nationwide including an increase to six dogs at Juk i addition Lojuk there would be a i least one dog each working Boston Chicago Atlanta. Miami Dallas Seallie los Angeles and san Francisco. In its current recruiting drive the Agency is looking Loho military services Lor Capone Rico clog handlers Fingerman asks interested Contact Usta Aphis Field servicing office Alan examining unil. Butler Square. 5th floor 00 n sixth 31, Minneapolis Mirin 55103 Fingerman Leils Hal the beagles Are operating under much More difficult conditions than counterparts in the drug 01 bomb snip log services. Asho Points Oul when a bomb shilling dog s working it is usually after officers have cleared Iho area of All personnel and the work area is clean " but the beagles have to work among a sea. Of legs to still at suitcases shopping bags and parcels they Are nol trained to the Pool where they can Between a whole Apple or an Orange restrict Edas opposed to a Container of Apple or Orange juice allowable says Perreira even a can of shaving Cream in Lemon scented can cause them lost " Peppa sat on a Man who said he had no food in his Luggage when customs inspectors checked his bag. They Lound a in of Lemon drops which Are allowed had triggered the reaction Aphis has had mixed Success in adapting High technology to the 0b a Saillor Hal can sense the Carbon dioxide Given Oil by fruit and meat met with limited Success. It needed Iresh air so function properly and there is very Little of Hal in crowded airline terminals White in detected Ruil Well enough it ran into trouble came time to differentiate Between meal and another common item in Luggage dirty laundry Why worry about fruit and meal it is believed that just one Orange brought about he Mediterranean Fri Fly infestation Iri California in 1980. Ii Cost the government $100 million to eradicate in and the loll could have been higher had ii not been discovered Belore it had the Opportunity further the last outbreak of Hoof and Mouth disease among american livestock was in 1929 experts today predict Hal if such a disease were to be introduced into the United sales in a piece of sausage in could Cost As much As s10 billion in stamp it Oul there have been instances wrapping sausage around their body in order to Tel in Pas i customs some travellers have even gone so Lar As to Chesl Belize Birds and hide Idem on the Bottom of tha hand carried Luggage. A $ 1,000 sausage or an Apple is not an outlandish scenario says Fingerman ii a person is Delor mined to be uncooperative and lied on his declaration even going so Lar As to iry to Hido the Plern. Customs will not be hesitant to assess treble Fingerman Points out thai though they had Dilli bullies Ullh flights irom Frankfurt where service members had restricted items in the Bottom of heir Duffel bags most were honest about it when challenged they Are nol totally innocent he says they know they re nol supposed to bring it in. Thay ust Hope they won t be Lour a out it s the people who try to sneak Lulf through and will deny it to the end Hal to have to watch out Tori right now a major problem Hal is fuming up among the military is restricted items being sent through the Apo and Fpo system he says. We May have to atari assessing tines it we can l gel them to cooperate. We get several Hundred packages a month with Lood in them to obtain pamphlets Wilh More information concerning both forbidden As Well As allowable items " write travellers tips us a Aphis. 6506 Bell Crest ave., hyal Lovillo my. 20732, ask for program Aid no. 1083. The stars and stripes Page 15
